Too little lengthening and all the struggle might not worth it.
I'm 167cm so I want to be get as close to 5'9" as possible with only one segment.
Quote from: paco1 on April 27, 2018, 11:50:07 AM5 cm . You forgot 6 cm
Really? From what I read 6cm or even 7cm is still safe.
Quote from: Life on April 27, 2018, 01:50:49 PMI think you should forget what you read in this forum of deluded people who want to lengthen 20 cm and listen to real patients like Paco1 who did tibiae. He's right.
Oh no, 20cm never crossed my mind. But it'd be great if I could reach closer to 5'9" which means I need about 3".
Quote from: myloginacct on April 27, 2018, 02:00:54 PMTechnically, you want to measure your tibias and lengthen under 20% of their length. Under 15% to be extra "safe" (remember we are talking about CLL).
5cm is just a safer number for most people, so it is often quoted. But 5cm in a dwarf and a 180cm man are two different beasts.
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Great. Does it start from the knee when measuring tibia?
If I'm 167cm with normal proportions, is it likely that 5cm is under 15% of my tibias?
If it's too little, all the troubles aren't worth the height...
EDIT: Just now measured my tibia is around 32cm (if done more or less right). Which means 15% is 4.8cm while 20% is 6.4cm. So 6cm might be fine afterall. But I need to know if I measured it correctly.
Quote from: Racurz on May 02, 2018, 03:00:26 PMLet’s be totally honest no amount of lengthening is ever safe it’s just certain doctors have different opinions of what is safe for example paley who is probably the best option if you want the safest option and he says that 8 cm tibia and 6 cm femurs might have the two confused but these are his requirements if you want to stick to safety personally if I were you I’d do the two segments 5 cm + 5 cm tibia and femurs would bring you to close to 5’10 plus I’d be safer
But 2x surgery means that it's twice as dangerous and the athletic mobility would be twice more fked up?
I mean I assume doing only 1 segment of 5cm is safer than doing 2 segments of 5cm each? First surgery, you come out in one piece, the second you might not. lol
Quote from: Hamiltonzac on May 04, 2018, 02:52:30 AMI think in general if you want a significant lengthening(9+cm) you should split that into both tibia and femur. 5cm for tibia and mabey another 5-7cm on the femurs, which is all within a safe range. If you don't have the time nor money for both than just do 5cm in your tibia or mabey even 6. Only an idiot would do 3cm. It would not only be a complete waste of money but I can imagine the struggle LLers go through with this surgery so it's no easy task, not worth it for 3cm.
You think tibia is safer than femur?
Quote from: myloginacct on May 04, 2018, 09:14:18 AMIt's good to have case studies of both people who lengthened too much and too little in scientific literature.
The long-term side effects of CLL in adults are still not well reported. You're not just stretching the soft tissues, even the blood vessels get stretched.
man, that sounds scary.
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